I Thought I Was a Child

# #I thought I was a child Jackson Browne (Album: For Everyman) #======================================== # #Intro: #|F Fsus4| F |Dm |Bb | #|F |Am7 |Bb |C | #|Bb C |F |Bb |F | #|Bb |Am |Gm |C7 A7/C#| #|Dm |Bb |F |F | # # F Dm Bb It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery F Am7 Bb C As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free Bb C F Bb F I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled Bb Am Gm C A7/C# I thought I knew where I was going until I heard your laughter flowing Dm Bb F Bb F And came upon the wisdom in your eyes C C/Bb Am7 Gm7(11 C Surprise! F Bb I've spent my whole life running 'round F Bb Chasing songs from town to town F Am Bb C Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down Bb C F Bb F So lonely and so wild until you turned and smiled Bb Am7 By now I should have long been gone Gm C A7/C# But here I am still looking on Dm Bb F As if I didn't know which way to run Solo: |C |Bb |Am |D | |Gm |C |F |A7 | |Dm |Bb |Dm |Bb | |Dm |Bb |F |C | F Dm Bb It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me F Am7 Bb C As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be Bb C F Bb F I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled Bb Am Gm C A7/C# I thought that I was free but I'm just one more prisoner of time Dm Bb F Alone within the boundaries of my mind |Bb |F/A |Gm |C | Bb C Dm7 I thought I was a child Tabbed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com